When you are networking, you meet lots of new people and collect business cards. A lot of people immediately add these new contacts directly to their ezine list. But, that is actually against the SPAM laws to do this without permission. So how can you get the new contacts on your list?

The key is your Irresistible Free Offer (IFO). Going back to what your ideal clients really need help with – the issue they would do anything or pay anything to get their hands on, this is what you want to focus on with your IFO. The offer can be a free CD like I offer on my website, an important checklist, or special report, an ebook or even an audio download.

The next step is to print that Irresistible Free Offer right on your business card. The back of your card is often not used but this is great advertising space and it’s free! On my card it says, “To receive your free CD on how to attract all the clients you need, please visit ClientAttraction.com.”

Now you can go to networking events and hand out this card with your free offer. And even better, as you start talking with people and making connections, you can find the natural place in the conversation where it makes sense to mention your free offer.

This is what I used to say, “I don’t know if you know, but I have a free offer on this topic. I’d be happy to send it to you and you can also receive a free article every week about this. Would you like me to send that to you?”

Once they agreed and handed me a business card, I’d write a big letter “E” on the back for “ezine” so I could remember to send them the free offer and add them to my list. It’s so simple and makes it easy to get permission to comply with the SPAM law.

Your Client Attraction Assignment
To get comfortable finding those natural spots to bring up your IFO, set an intention to listen closely for these opportunities. Commit yourself to talking about your offer when you can. You may want to ask your friends if you can practice in a conversation with them. The more you talk about your IFO, the more comfortable you’ll feel, and the more quickly you will build your e-mail list through networking!

Remember, you are actually being of service when you share your yummy brownies with people.

Now, if you’re just starting out and trying to fill your practice in the FIRST place, then follow a step-by-step system of entrepreneur marketing strategies that feels easy and authentic to you. The Client Attraction System^® gives you the most important things to do to set up simple, solid systems, so that you consistently fill your pipeline and continually get new clients. It’s all step-by-step, not a big mishmash of things. So, you do step one of the system, and when you’re done with that, you move on to step two, and so on. All the tools, scripts, templates, and examples are handed to you on a silver platter. Easy. You can get it at TheClientAttractionSystem.com.

You may know that I teach hundreds of our clients and customers each year how to use video to get clients and build their list. One of the questions I get most often is, Derek, why is video such an important part of your marketing and do I really need it? My answer is invariably Yes! You really do need it. You see, video is an essential part of your online marketing strategy, specifically having a video on your website, because it helps you authentically connect with people who visit your website and allows you to engage with them in a very compelling manner. Depending on what you ask them to do in your video, they happily opt-in to join your list or call you to become a client (or both).

“Video helps you authentically connect and engage with prospects in a very compelling manner, turning them into clients quickly” (Click here to tweet this.)

Now, I know what you’re probably saying… But Derek, I don’t even know where to start with video… all the different equipment and technology that exists, I’m confused. Do I even have what it takes to create good videos? Is that you? Are you feeling stuck when it comes to doing video? Well, with everything that’s available at our fingertips with video technology and the world of online virtual assistance, there is really no reason you cannot use video on your website.

Why is video so important for list building? Video allows you to interact with your prospects better than anything else – except for face-to-face interaction, of course. And unless you can figure out some magic way to appear in person every time someone visits your website – you’ll want to use video, in a strategic way. There are three important elements of shooting a video that I want to share with you, specifically.

Watch this week’s strategy to help you get up and running with video for marketing your business in no time.

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Your Client Attraction Assignment

Ask yourself: how am I using video in my marketing? If you don’t have a video on your website that will help you when it comes to connecting with your website visitors and building your list, I strongly suggest you consider adding video to your marketing efforts as soon as possible.

We’ve been using video now here at ClientAttraction.com for a few years now on our website. It has been a game-changer not only for helping us build our list, but also attracting more ideal clients in droves and adding a lot to our bottom line. It’s time you do the same…